Maintenance Electrician

AJP Recruitment; Wallsend; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Our client is a large fabrication company serving the Offshore industry from their busy North East facility. Due to recent projects won they now require a Maintenance Electrician to work across their site.

As a maintenance engineer you will undertake planned and reactive maintenance, drive improvements, perform safety and legal checks, keep records, and help develop maintenance plans while working across shifts.

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship or qualification in electrical/mechanical discipline.
• Excellent diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• Able to certify electrical installations in buildings.
• Able to run cables and test circuits.
• Working at height is mandatory.
• Willingness to operate day and late shifts.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned maintenance.
• Perform reactive maintenance.
• Lead improvement projects.
• Conduct safety and legal compliance checks.
• Record and hand over work.
• Support maintenance plans.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Diagnostics / troubleshooting

Ability to work under pressure

Teamworking

Education

Apprenticeship/qualification in electrical/mechanical discipline

Tools

Electrical testing equipment

Job description

Our client is a large fabrication company servicing the Offshore industry from their busy North East facility. Due to recent projects won they now require a Maintenance Electrician to work across their site.

The Role

As a maintenance engineer you will be working on a varied set of tasks that change from day to day.

• Planned maintenance
• Reactive maintenance
• Improvement projects
• Legal compliance checks / activities
• Safety checks / activities
• Problem solving, root cause fix.
• Keeping records of work done and handing over work to other shifts
• Supporting the creation of maintenance plans and activities

The Person

• Apprenticeship or qualifications in a relevant discipline e.g. apprenticeship as a mechanical technician or electrician.
• Excellent diagnostic and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work under pressure
• Interpersonal and people-management skills
• Ability to understand a variety of engineering procedures and functions
• Able to certify electrical installations in buildings
• Able to run cables and test circuits.
• Team-working skills to liaise and work cooperatively with individuals at all levels
• Negotiation skills and the ability to persuade others
• Working at height is mandatory requirement.
• Training can be provided for MEWPs and cherry pickers if not qualified.
• Willingness to drive a forklift truck would be an advantage. Training can be provided.
• Willingness to alternate between day shift and late shift.